Show card display construction



United States Patent US. Cl. 40-104.07 6 Claims ABSTRACT OF THE DISCLOSURE Show cards which are merely printed or adapted to mount samples of flat goods, have a score to make a hinge line along one of its side edges, to supply a narrow two-ply side lane, on which an edging is slid on. This edging is a channel from which end regions are cut to provide aligned opposite-directioned pintles to be set lnto aligned holes of spaced opposite bracket means. The said two-ply lane is within the channel and frictionally held therein against longitudinal movement. Depending from along one of the opposite walls of the channel, is a lengthwise fiange which entraps the narrow folded-over ply so the card is locked in the edging against lateral movement. The show card when so equipped and set into the holder brackets, is thus arranged to be swung as the page of a book, i

The present invention relates to show card mounting means.

The principal object of this invention is to provlde novel and improved constructions to equip display cards for arrangement as swingable book pages in any suitable holding means.

A further object is to provide novel and improved edgings to he slid onto a prepared edge of a show card, to provide it with aligned pintles; such edging when mounted on a card being in frictional engagement therewith thereby avoiding longitudinal displacement, and also locking the card against lateral displacement.

Still a further object of this invention is to provide novel and improved display devices of the character described, having the aforementioned attributes, and be1ng reasonable in cost to manufacture, easy to use, and efficient in carrying out the purposes for which they are designed.

Other objects and advantages will become apparent as this disclosure proceeds.

For one practice of this invention, the show card 1s adapted to have a narrow lane thereof along one of its side edges, bent up and around to rest on the card surface, thus making a two-ply thickness on which a channel edging is slid for frictional fit thereon. Said edging extends beyond the top and bottom edges of the car, of which channel regions parts are cut away to form oppositely outwardly extending pintle structures whereby the card so furnished can be mounted in aligned holes of suitable spaced mounts whereupon the card is swingable in the manner of a books page. Each pintle structure may be of dihedral form, channel form or comprise opposite lugs, which will be shown as examples of the teachings herein. A flange extending lengthwise along one of the opposite walls of the edging, bears against the surface of the card and the inward edge of the folded-over strip, thus locking the card against lateral movement. The edging may be of sheet metal, fabricated or extruded, or of plastic, extruded or molded, or of other suitable rigid material.

In the accompanying drawing forming part of this application, similar characters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the views.

3,487,570 Patented Jan. 6, 1970 FIG, 1 is a fragmentary perspective view of a display card made suited to receive the edging.

FIG. 2 is a perspective view showing an edging in accordance with teachings of this invention.

FIG. 3 is a fragmentary perspective view showing the show card nearly ready to receive the edging. All that is required, is to bring the folded-over end piece down onto the cards surface.

FIG. 4 is a fragmentary section of the card and edging assembly.

FIG. 5 and FIG. 6, each show edgings of different construction in accordance with this invention. These views are fragmentary and are shown in perspective; each illustrating one pintle construction.

FIG, 7 is a side elevation of a mounting means showing only one of the edgings fitted therein. Its display card is omitted, in order to attain clarity of illustration. This view is drawn to a reduced scale.

FIG. 8 is an enlarged front view of the display device, shown fragmentarily. Here, a plurality of show cards are mounted to be swung as the pages of a book. The hands of a viewer shall be deemed holding the distal edges of the show cards in the raised positions they appear in this view.

In the drawing, the numeral 15 designates generally a display card of suitable thickness, having a deep score or groove 16 in a face thereof along a side edge, to afford a hinge for the marginal strip 17 of a width which will frictionally fit within an edging indicated genera-11y by the numeral 18. To mount such edging, said strip 17 is swung to lie superposed on the display card, and the two ply thicknesses made thereby is slid lengthwise into the channel 19, in which said two-ply frictionally fits; the exposed surface of the strip, being against the inner surface of the channels opposite wall 20, the distal longitudinal shoulder edge 21 of said strip being against the inner surface of the flange 22, whose distal longitudinal edge 23 bears frictionally on the surface of the card on which said strip rests, and the other opposite wall 24, having its inner surface against the other surface of the card 15. Said edging 18, whose channel part 19 is along the entire side edge of the card, is provided at each of its ends with pintle structure extending longitudinally therefrom. Such pintles 25, 26 are of course in alignment so the edging can be rotatably mounted in opposite aligned holes as 27, 28, so the card 15 fitted in the edging 18, is swingable in the manner of a book page in suitable spaced brackets 29, 30 which may be on any suitable base 32 which may be the back of a book structure or for mounting onto a table or wall surface. The cards 15 are adapted to carry samples of fiat merchandise as floor tile squares 31, wrist watch bands, swatches, paper samples, or may themselves be the merchandise samples, and the cards may carry printed matter.

The channels bottom wall 33 is at right angles to the channels opposite walls 20 and 24. The flange 22 is along the edge of the wall 20 and extends toward the channel wall 24, a distance equal to the thickness of the show card 15. Card material is substantially rigid and preferably what would be called thick board. The strip 17 may be a separate piece hinged to the card body in any suitable manner, or it may be glued thereto to make the double thickness to fit the channel 19 of the edging, or the two ply may be afforded by segmental pieces instead of a continuous piece. All these modifications to make the two-ply is believed easily understandable without further illustration.

The pintle may be of dihedral form as 25 and its mate 26, or of channel form as 34 in FIG. 6, or may just be extending tabs from the opposite walls of the channel; such tabs 35, 36 being opposite each other and facing 3 one another.,These are examples of, preferred forms of pintle structure.

The edgings 18, 18', 18" may be fashioned from sheet metal or workable plastic, or started off as lengths cut from extruded material and then the pintles are cut, or they may be molded complete with their pintles, as is readily understood by those versed in the art.

It is evident that the edgings can be used over and over again with different show cards.

, This invention is capable of numerous forms and various applications without departing from the essential features herein disclosed. It is therefore intended and desired that the embodiments shown herein shall be deemed merely illustrative and not restrictive and that the patent shall cover all patentable novelty herein set forth reference being had to the following claims rather than to the specific showings and description herein to indicate the scope of this invention.

I claim:

1. In combination, a show card having structure on the surface thereof which increases its thickness along one edge thereof whereby a rigid shoulderis formed along and inward of said edge, a stiff elongated open-ended channel edging along said thickened edge and frictionally fitted thereon; said channel having opposite walls; the distal longitudinal edge of that one of said opposite walls which is adjacent said thickening structure, having a flange therealong, extending to and frictionally contacting said shoulder; said edging being in frictional fit and capable of longitudinal sliding movement to remove it and to mount it along said thickened edge, and aligned pintle structures extending from each end of the edging in opposite directions longitudinally of said edging, leaving the ends of the channel unobstructed, and means presenting opposite spaced brackets, each having a hole; said holes being in alignment; said pintles being in said holes respectively and turnable therein whereby they card can be swung on said means in the manner of the page of a book.

2. The combination as defined in claim 1, wherein said card is weakened along a line near said edge thereof thereby providing a marginal strip; said strip being turned to lie on the card surface and thereby constitute said thickening structure.

3. The combination as defined in claim 1, wherein the pintle structures are integral with the channel.

4. The combination as defined in claim 3, wherein the channel has a wall connecting its opposite walls; each pintle structure being in extension of said connecting wall and one of said opposite walls, whereby its cross-section is of dihedral form.

5. The combination as defined in claim 3, wherein the channel has a wall connecting its opposite walls; each pintle structure being in extension of all the channel walls whereby its cross-section is of channel form.

6. The combination as defined in claim 3, wherein each pintle structure comprises narrow tabs extending, one from each of the said opposite walls; said tabs being directly opposite each other.

References Cited UN1TED STATES PATENTS 1,255,226 2/1918 Rand 40 1o4.07

FOREIGN PATENTS 151,007 11/1921 Great Britain. 167,524 2/1934 Switzerland.

EUGENE R. CAPOZIO, Primary Examiner LAWRENCE R. OREMLAND, Assistant Examiner US. Cl. X.R. 40104.09 

